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Patent GB-190804646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Brakes for Tramways and Railways.
Inventor: PRINGLE PERCIVAL JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4646. Pringle, P. J. Feb. 29. [Cognate Application No. 9403, A.D. 1908, dated April 30.] Brakes.-The shoes of skid brakes are made of manganese steel or of some other material that is harder than the material of the rails, so that in use the shoe abrades the sides of the rail owing to the small contact area that can be employed. The shoes may take the vehicle wheel, or may act on the rails independently of the wheel. In one arrangement, Fig 4, the brake comprises a shoe A with a renewable rectangular casting a, Figs. 1 and 3. keyed into it, the edges of the casting being adapted to engage the sides of the rail groove so as to present a small contact area. The links C connect the shoe to the framing B of the vehicle, and the shoe can be lifted from the rail to a limited extent by means of a steel wire F. When the wire is slackened, the shoe is forced down by a compression spring G encircling a tube H. A rail-cleaner i, Fig. 3, may be mounted on the shoe, or the shoe may be concave in cross-section to cut through the dirt. The shoe may be shaped so that the wheel bears thereon at f and g only, and its end may be divided so as to be expanded to grip the rail when the vehicle wheel comes on to it ; it carries side wings, Fig. 3, to embrace the vehicle wheel. As shown in Fig. 7, the skid bar which enters the groove is made in two parts which are forced apart, against the action of springs Q, by a wedge P, engaging the bottom of the groove, when the weight of the vehicle comes on to the shoe. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the wedging action takes place in an horizontal direction, the bar T which may be concaved on its underside to cut more readily through the dirt in the groove being provided with wedge-shaped recesses S', which engage with projections on the half-skids S and press them apart by reason of the frictional drag of the groove on the bar T. A further modification, shown in Fig. 12, is adapted for use with grooveless rails, and in this case the skid may be centracted by the pressure of the weight of the vehicle in a vertical direction, or the wedge action may be caused to act in an horizontal direction by making the outside faces of the hinged shoe tapered to engage a relitivelymovable longitudinally-tapered block. The front end of the skid may be tapered to enable rail points of certain designs to be negotiated, and the parts j, k of the shoe prevent the skid from dropping into the point recess more than a prescribed amount. The skid bars may either be lifted just to remove the weight from the rail groove, provision being made for the skids to force through the track points, or they may be lifted clear of the top of the rail and carry flexible or pivoted renewable guide pieces which remain in gear with the groove while the bar is lifted. An arrangement of brake is described for use with conduit slots in which one of the sides of the slot is vertical. Specification No. 15,943, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190804887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toe-clips for Cyclists.
Inventor: GAZEY FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 4887. Gazey, F. March 4. Pedals, toe-clips for. Two tongues or fingers 2 are provided with a pair of integral lugs 3, which pass on either side of one of the side plates 4 of the pedal and are secured by means of screw pins 6. By loosening the pins, the tongues may be moved laterally along the slots 5 in the side plate, or they may be turned on the pins so as to embrace more or less completely the toe of the rider.
Patent GB-190805513-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Obtaining Camphor from Borneol or Isoborneol
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 5513. Boult, A. J., [Florizoone, O.]. March 11. Camphor is prepared by agitating a cold solution of borneol or isoborneol in a non-oxizible immiscible solvent with an oxidizing-mixture prepared by mixing 47À6 parts of potassium dichromate, 69À7 parts of concentrated sulphuric acid (1À84 Specific gravity), and 300 to 1200 parts of water. Weaker sulphuric acid may be employed provided such quantities of acid and water are taken as to preserve the ratios above stated. Specifications No. 14,754, A.D. 1900, No. 2129, A.D. 1902, and No. 14,550, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190808102-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Sulphuric Anhydride by the Contact Process.
Inventor: MATIGNON ARTHEME CAMILLE
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 8 1 0 2. Matignon, A. C., Trannoy, R. E. M., Urbain, E., Feige, A., and Verley, A. April 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Chromium oxides; sulphuric anhydride; sulphuric acids.-In the contact process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid or anhydride, the contact mass consists of one or more oxides of chromium rendered porous, such as is obtained by calcining a combination of chromium with a volatile base, or a salt of chromium (other than chrome alum and chromium sulphate and chloride), or chromium hydroxide, in the presence of a substance that disengages a gas. The oxide may be subdivided by inert material.
Patent GB-190810555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Photographic Plate-holders.
Inventor: PAINTER ROBERT MARRINER
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,555. Painter, R. M. May 15. Dark slides; envelopes.-Relates to an envelope which fits a camera back or adapted, in which the sheath is retained by pins, and in which a bar on the envelope prevents it from being completely withdrawn. The stiffened end of the sheath carries a felt or similar strip c, Fig. 3, which the envelope shutter engages, and is perforated with holes a<3> which engage pins in the camera back. The envelope may be introduced into the open back, which is closed by a hinged or other cover, leaving the envelope b, Fig. 6, projecting through a slot d<2>. A bar b<2> engages with 'the wall of the camera, thus preventing the envelope from being drawn right out.
Patent GB-190815074-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Recording Target.
Inventor: BEASLEY WILLIAM MARRIOTT
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 15,074. Beasley, W. M. July 16. Targets.-Relates to automatic recording-targets in which the target face is divided into concentric rings, so that when a ring is struck a spring-pressed rod carrying an indicator showing the score is released and brought into view. The target-rings C, D, E are provided at the rear with tubes C', D', E', the ends of which rest on a stepped bush B<2> formed with a central hole to receive the bull'seye rod B. The rings are kept approximately in one plane by a rod P, which passes loosely through holes in the tubes C<1>, D<1>, E' and the rod B, and is secured to brackets on the back of the outer portion of the target. Spring-pressed sliding rods K, carrying the score indicators I, are supported in two brackets N on the back of the target frame and are held down by means of spring pawls C<4>. Short notched rods S', passing through holes in the stepped bush B', bear against the pawls C<4> and the inner ends of the tubes C<1>, D<1>, E<1> and bull's eye B. When a ring is struck, the corresponding spring rod K is released and shot upwards, and the target ring is pushed back into place by an incline 2 on the rods K bearing against a shonlder on the rods S<1>. The spring rods K are returned to their normal position by a spring-sliding frame R, which is operated by a cord from the firing point, and engages with projections J on the rods. When a bull's-eye is scored, a projection on the corresponding spring-pressed rod strikes a trip lever which rings a bell.
Patent GB-190816733-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Instrument for Measuring and Plotting Stopes and such like.
Inventor: TONNESEN OTTO
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 16,733. Tonnesen, O. Aug. 8. Surveying-instruments; plane-tables. -In stope-measuring surveying operations, angles are measured and plotted directly on the plane of the reef instead of, as usual, by horizontal and vertical angles subsequently reduced to that plane. Figs. 1 and 2 show in plan and section respectively an instrument adapted for the work. A rectangular reflecting-prism B is fixed to the underside of a fixed arm P, at the outer end of which is mounted a sighting-aperture. A second and similar prism A is fixed to an alidade F carried by a pivot F<1> adapted to rotate in a socket H<1>. The angle between any two directions is determined by simultaneously sighting marks in those directions in the two prisms and bringing them into optical coincidence by adjusting the arm F. Fig. 5 shows another instrument in which a simple arm with sights k, l works over a graduated disk, horizontally pivoted to a rotatable stem and carrying a semicircle adapted to be clamped in any position by a screw T. The tables or disks may be covered with paper upon which the angles are directly plotted.
Patent GB-190816754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Display Advertising Tablets, Posters or Show Cards.
Inventor: HEISTERMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 1 6 , 7 5 4. Heisterman, W. Aug. 10. Drawings to Specification. Advertising.-An advertising-device such as a tablet, poster, or show-card consists of a translucent tablet or the like having on the front a design or lettering visible by reflected light, and on the back a negative of this design in register with that on the front so that the latter is cut off when viewed by transmitted light. A second design may be deflected on the back so as to be visible by transmitted light.
Patent GB-190822675-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Rock Cutting Apparatus.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
Filed: 1908-10-26
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 22,675. Lobnitz, F., [Allan, F. W.]. Oct. 26. Excavating. - Relates to means for attaching the hoisting-rope to r o c kbreakers of the type described in Specifications Nos. 8578B and 15,852, A.D. 1906. The end of the hoisting-rope d is provided with an enlargement or head c, which moves freely in a hole b formed in the end of the tool and is kept in place by a plate g or the like. The enlargement c is preferably made with a tapering hole e, into which the end of the rope is secured by a wedge f. A rope or other cushion l may be provided on the top of the head c. The hole i in the plate g for the passage of the rope is preferably flared at the top and bottom. Lubricant may be placed in the hole b.
Patent GB-190823252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ROYCE FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 23,252. Royce, F. H. Oct. 31. Detachable wheels; hubs.-The permanent hub A of a detachable wheel is formed at its inner end with a conical surface a and at its outer end with a cylindrical surface a' ; the detachable hub B is formed with two conical surfaces, the inner b engaging with the surface a and the outer b<1> with a split conical bush c which is set up by the nut D. The engaging surfaces a, b may be serrated as described in Specification No. 16,653, A.D. 1908, and, in order to obtain the necessary end pressure, bolts F pivoted at a<2> to the permanent hub engage tubular nuts H passing through holes in the outer face of the detachable hub. The bolts Fare pressed outwards by springs L housed in pocke's a<3> to allow the detachable hub to be slid into position, and the outer radial movement is limited by stops f by which they are properly alined for receiving the nuts H.
Patent GB-190825501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Aeration of Liquids or the Manufacture of Mineral Waters and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: YEO FRANK CORY
Filed: 1908-11-26
Granted: 1909-11-26
Abstract: 25,501. Yeo, F. C., Hall, W. M., and Goskar, T. A. Nov. 26. Vessels discharged by pistons.-An apparatus for preparing and delivering aerated water, mixed or not with syrup, comprises a differential pump operated by the aerated liquid and serving to force the liquid to be aerated into the mixing-chamber. The pump consists of a cylinder 1, and a hollow piston 2 connected at its upper end with a hollow extension 3 which carries an aerating-chamber 14. The chamber 7 of the hollow piston serves as a reservoir of aerated liquid. Gas is supplied to the chamber 7 by a pipe 25, and water is supplied through a pipe 17 to the upper surface of the piston. The movements of the apparatus are controlled by a rotary plug valve 18 operated by a handle 19. In the position shown, the chamber 6 below the piston is connected by a pipe 26 with a chamber 7. On rotation of the cock 18, the pressure in the chamber 6 is snifted through a pipe 23 ; the pipe 17 is then connected with the water supply, and the chamber 6 with a discharge pipe. The water enters the cylinder 1 above the upper surface of the piston, and aerated liquid is discharged from the lower chamber 6. On return of the cock 18, the water supply is cut off and the chamber 6 connected with the chamber 7 of the hollow piston. Aerated liquid passes from the chamber 7 to the chamber 6 and raises the piston 2. The water above the piston is forced through ports 11 and a tube 12 into the mixing-chamber 14, from which the aerated liquid passes down the hollow trunk 3 into a chamber 9 in the hollow piston and through the sieve 10 and the tube 8 into the chamber 7. A ball valve 18 on the upper end of the pipe 3 prevents the gas pressure from acting on the upper surface of the piston. Water and syrup may be passed in regulated proportions through the pipe 17. The gas snifted from the chamber 6 may be used to aerate the water and syrup preliminarily. The movements of the piston 2 may be aided mechanically, and in this case a pump having equal piston areas at each side may be used. In a modification, a stationary mixing-chamber separate from the pump, and a differential pump with a solid piston, are used. The lever 19 may be arranged to be coin-freed. A recorder to show the number of times the apparatus is operated, and an indicator to show the position of the piston, may be used.
Patent GB-190828357-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Anti-skid Device for Tires.
Inventor: FOX FRANK AVERILL
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 28,357. Fox, F. A. Dec. 29. Metallic fabrics.-A non-skid tyre cover comprises loosely -connected links, which can be stamped from sheet metal, with flat bases provided with integral hooks 17, 18, substantially at right-angles, and recessed parts 15, 16, the hooks forming wearing parts parallel to the bases of the links and being prevented from becoming crushed by turned-over parts 21 integral with them or formed on the central parts 12 of the links. The recessed parts 15,16 are preferably bent up as shown in Fig. 2, so that the underside of the cover is flat. The links at the edges of the cover have either only one recessed part or only one hook.
Patent GB-190902230-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Vehicles and the like
Inventor: FOUCHEE EMILE
IPC: B60P1/32
Filed: 1909-01-29
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 2230. FouchÚe, E. Jan. 31, 1908, [Convention date]. Vehicle fittings and attachments.-For loading or unloading a vehicle or the like, the undercarriage supports two U -bars of iron a, which act as guides for rollers b, b<1> supporting the plate c. Rollers d, which do not engage with the bars a, support the front end of the plate. The bars a are curved at the rear end to tip the plate, as shown by the dotted lines. The power is applied, preferably by a windlass, to a chain e arranged between pinions f, f<1> and attached to a part g, fixed to or forming part of the plate c. Locking-devices restrain the plate from shifting when the vehicle is in motion. Jacks or sprags may be provided to prevent the vehicle from upsetting while unloading.
Patent GB-190905354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Pleating and Suspending Curtains and like Drapery.
Inventor: PINCH WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A47H13/14
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 5354. Pinch, W. H., and French, G. F. March 5. Bindings; pleating.-Binding-tape of the type having a central ridge a, Fig. 1, for suspending purposes, with integral extensions b, sewn, one to each side of the edge of a skirt or curtain, is provided with shirring - cords c to facilitate pleating. The cross-section of the tape may be as shown in Fig. 5, with eyelets in one limb b<1> and shirring-cords in the other b<11>; or it may as shown in Fig. 6, in which case the suspending eyelets &c. d are inserted in one of the upper extensions. The shirring-cords may, in the form shown in Fig. 1, be placed in the ridge; they are inserted in each case by the methods described in Specification 7141/06.
Patent GB-190906301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reaping Machines.
Inventor: LIND TRUED ELIASSON
IPC: A01D69/00
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 6301. Lind, T. E. March 16. Shafts and poles.-In a reaping-machine the thill 20 is universally jointed to the frame 9 by a stud 21 and bolt 22 and is connected to the front-wheel standard 7 by pivoted telescopic steering-rods 16, 18.
Patent GB-190913350-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, Controllable from a Distance, for Automatically Turning On and Off the Lights of Gas Burners.
Inventor: BLAKE ERNEST WILLIAM
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1910-06-08
Abstract: 13,350. Blake, E. W. June 8. Actuating valves and cocks.-In apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gas by temporary increases of pressure in the mains, of the type in which the use of a bell or diaphragm releases a spring motor to operate the gas cock, means are described whereby the increase of pressure required for extinguishing is less than that required for lighting. A bell A, open to the gas in the main, is connected by an arm C with a pawl D engaging ratchet - wheel E on the spindle of a spring motor G. A pivoted tube B loaded with mercury or the like bears on the bell A. On an increase of pressure, the bell A rises, the tube B is lifted clear owing to the mercury running to the other end, and the motor G is released and opens the cock, the top end of the pawl D stopping the action when the cock is open. When the pressure falls to the normal, the bell sinks, the motor is released until the lower end of the pawl comes into action, this movement however being insufficient to affect the cock, and the tube B remains tilted. On a smaller increase of pressure for extinguishing, the unloaded bell rises, the motor is released, the cock is closed, and a pin on a gear-wheel K strikes the tube Band replaces it on the bell. Specification 20,109/07, [Class 75, Lamps &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190915484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Effecting the Extraction of Dust from Boiler Flue Gases and the like.
IPC: B04C11/00
Filed: 1909-07-02
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 15,484. British Vacuum Cleaner Co., and Booth, H. C. July 2. Dust-collectors.-Depositing - chambers used in the extraction of dust and similar impurities from boiler-flue and other gases are provided with a device whereby an attendant may ascertain the amount of accumulated dust and so prevent damage due to an over-accumulation. The invention is described with regard to a depositing- chamber having an inlet pipe c communicating by a slot with an annular water-chamber c<2> (whereby the dust is damped and its deposition facilitated), a gas outlet d, and a dust-discharge door b readily opened and closed by means of a hinged and pivoted lever b<3> and pivoted clamp b<1>. The amount of accumulated dust is ascertained by means of a paddle e mounted on a spindle e<2> and adapted to be rocked or rotated by handles e<5> attached to lateral arms on the spindle.
Patent GB-190916705-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Waterproof Coats, Macintoshes and the like.
Inventor: LOFTUS ST JOHN DOUGLAS TOWNSHE
IPC: A41D3/04
Filed: 1909-07-17
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 16,705. Loftus, St. J. D. T. July 17. Waterproof garments.-Waterproof coats, mackintoshes, &c., have the underlapping front part a of the opening made wider than usual and provided with a flap a<1>, made by folding- over at the edge or by stitching on a strip, so as to guide any water that may penetrate down the inside of the fold, which forms a channel. The overlapping parts a, b are provided with the usual fastenings a<4>, b<2>, and the flap is preferably provided with fastenings c engaging fastenings c<1> on the part b. The flap may be separated from the part a by a cord, string, or bead, or by leather washer or other distance-pieces d, so as to lie close to the part b. The flap may be secured by stitching to the part a, the stitching passing through the distance-pieces. The flap may pass beyond the ordinary buttons a<4>, and the buttons may be stitched on through the distance-pieces.
Patent GB-190917630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Giving, Indicating and if Required Recording Signals.
Inventor: HEYES WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: B66B19/06
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 17,630. Heyes, W. A., and Heyes, L. O. July 29. Drawings to Specification. Recording particular operations.-In an order apparatus in which a pointer is moved step-bystep by electro-magnetic means till it reaches the required order, there is mounted on the axis of the pointer a type-wheel which brings the type corresponding to the order opposite a printing - hammer. When the impulses for the order have been sent, the circuit of the electromagnet which operates the printing - hammer is closed during the return movement of a switch which is opened by the order impulses. Clock - driven time - printing wheels may be mounted by the side of the order type-wheel.
Patent GB-190921271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to an Apparatus for Working Clay or the like.
Inventor: SAALBORN RICHARD
IPC: B02C19/20
Filed: 1909-09-17
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 21,271. Saalborn, R. Sept. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Feeding-appliances; mixing solids in definite proportions. - In apparatus for feeding clay, comprising cylinder arranged above a turntable, grooves are formed on the turntable which deliver the stones to a particular point in the cylinder wall, where they are removed separate from the clay. The lower end of each cylinder is surrounded by a sleeve, the height of which can be adjusted so as to regulate the discharge from the cylinder. The cylinders 6 are arranged over a turntable 3, provided with grooves as shown, which deliver the stones to intermittently rotating blade-wheels 11. Scrapers 12 discharge the clay through a central opening in the turntable on to the conveyer band 13.